07/03/13 - Motion Capture

After being given a set of files this morning that Lynn and Robin made using the motion capture suite i've caught the motion capture bug. I've spent pretty much the entire day learning how to clean up motion capture footage using motion builder. Considering how useful learning this skills would be not only for my future but to help me have the sheer volume of animations i'm wanting ready for the showcase in May, i think this is definitely something i need to consider for my project.

Because the grunt rig doesn't start in the bind pose and because all i wanted was a quick example of how useful motion capture would be to my project (especially considering one of the limitations i'm looking at is time) I've just used an online model.

Lynn has kindly agreed to aid me as best she can with recording the initial mo cap data this Monday. Lots of work to do between now and then like...

Get someone to act for me that fits in the suit. Done. I have a (slightly too eager) volunteer.
Figure out the exact list of actions i'll need. (props, movements etc)
Look at the body language i'll need and produce mini storyboards even if they are just extremely rough things to help aid directing the action.
Send the list to Lynn.
Sleep and Eat at some point?



List of movements so far.

Direct interactions

(player)Walk into

(NPC) Minor 7,6,5,4,3,2 and 1.

(player) Punch

(NPC) Major 7,6,5,4,3,2 and 1

(player) Flirt

(NPC) Flirt (positive to negative) 5,4,3,2 and 1

(player) Greet

(NPC) Greeting (positive to negative) 5,4,3,2, and 1

(player) Giving object

(NPC) Reaction to object --> Anger-Confusion-Happiness? 5 or 7? does this one cause a problem for the model?


Non direct interactions

(Player) Walk stop and look around (walk into room)

(NPC) Notices Player (positive to negative) 5,4,3,2 and 1




I'll leave you with this lovely comic that was sent to me.